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No Kind Man For Mankind

by Hollie Joyce

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Well they tried to teach you how to be a man

But they skipped the chapter all about mankind

They told you about the stable life

With the picket fence and the happy wife

The rusty gate with the kids inside waiting for you to arrive

Just a few days ago

You heard that a family sank on a boat trying to save their lives



And I wonder how they raised a man

The kind of man who can not treat men kind

They skipped the chapter all about mankind



They sent you to school to learn to read

But they burnt the books that spoke about free speech

Told you about the written lines

Of Shakespeare, James Joyce, Oscar Wilde and the injustice that they fight

But the newspaper read yesterday

A girl was slaved and sold as bait

To be a child bride



And I wonder how they raised a man

Who cups his ears so he can’t hear us cry

They skipped the chapter all about mankind



They told you how Australia began

But it slipped under the rug it’s stolen land

You pride us on our Aussie slang, our homemade flag and raise your can into the sky

What about the stolen child?

And you shut down their lives after we apologised



And I wonder how they raised a man

Who blocks out black and chooses to see white

They skipped the chapter all about mankind



They tried to teach you how to lead the pack

But the puppeteers made you speak without the facts

You stand there tall and proud to lead

And watch people struggle down at your feet

Holding you up with their bleeding knees

To profit your money

And you don’t know equality

And global warming’s make believe

And god only loves christianity

So we pray to the gods hoping maybe one day you will see



But you’re not all to blame for the all the wrong you’ve done without choosing the right

For everyone whose taught you and encouraged you all throughout your life



They skipped the chapter all about mankind

They skipped the chapter all about mankind

They skipped the chapter all about mankind.

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released June 19, 2020
Written and Performed by Hollie Joyce
Recorded by Jasper Jolley
Mixed and Mastered by Nick Huggins
Artwork by Oliver Shaw

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Hollie Joyce Melbourne, Australia

Wild, unconventional and ruthlessly blunt, Joyce has Her influences span wide, drawing as much from the works of Howlin’ Wolf, Buddy Holly, Patti Smith, Nirvana and Bob Dylan as she does from 70’s horror flicks and spaghetti westerns. The result is a dynamic cacophony that sometimes strays into raucous rock ’n’ roll freak outs, while at other times deviating to the more alluring and melodic. ... more

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